Living in Functional Freeze

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฉ-๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐โ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐Š๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค

Why it’s Keeping You Stuck – More Importantly

I spent most of my life in – Functional Freeze.

On the outside, I looked like I had it together

driven, successful, resilient.

But Underneath, I was sometimes Hypervigilant,

other times – Shut Down, Disconnected.

Holding it all in – Pushing through – it’s What We Do

As HIGH ACHIEVERS growing up in HIGH ACHIEVING

ENVIRONMENTS – it’s What We are Taught/Learn to do

CONTROL – FORCE – GRIND and HUSTLE for the

acceptance of our caregivers, society, teachers, tribe

All my life, I’d fought for my autonomy, to feel in control

I wasn’t THINKING this – it was VISCERAL

When I was in control, better than you, faster, more

skilful – had more resources – I was safe

This was taken to another level in my 20’s being

embroiled in a fight for control (safety) in our business

a toxic environment – with unhealthy people (partners)

My vision – continue living as you are, it’s not safe to

give in to the manipulation, you’ll be able to f#ck them

over when you get your hands on the shares you need

What I didnโ€™t realise was that I was still stuck in the

same survival Iโ€™d lived in since I was a kid.

Always under pressure – proving – performing

or worried about performing at the level ” I ” expected

No Real Safety – Peace or REGULATION.

When I collapsed and ended up in ICU,

it wasnโ€™t a shock – It was the result of decades of

unresolved pressure, emotion, burnout, shutdown,

and survival-based living

in business, in relationships, in lifeโ€ฆ

YOU WILL NOT CONTROL ME!!!

Top-down approaches wouldnโ€™t have helped me.

Yes – I had a survival mindset, (not GROWTH)

dressed up as resilience and success.

But I understood it went MUCH DEEPER

And thatโ€™s what most people miss.

You canโ€™t use EFT, EMDR, COLD WATER THERAPY

HYPNOSIS, or REFRAME your way out of a system

thatโ€™s never felt, or doesn’t feel safe.

You canโ€™t journal your way out

of a lifetime of contraction.

MINDSET your way through shutdown.

I didnโ€™t heal through theory – I rebuilt myself.

Through real-life integration.

This is what I teach now.

Not concepts or coping strategies.

Real change – from the inside out.

This work isnโ€™t all about mindset.

Itโ€™s about becoming, someone different,

whatever that means to you, it’s your movie,

from the nervous system up.

Itโ€™s not pretty – but itโ€™s real – and it works.

In my video content I mention, adding, or deleting

your personal experience/issues, my method

addresses them all, it’s based in BIOLOGY

Take a look at my website if you’d like to work

together – let’s create YOUR amazing experience of life

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